Lorde was 2013’s biggest new pop sensation, sending her single “Royals” to #1 in August and releasing her album Pure Heroine in September. Both were NPI favorites. We were particularly taken with her voice and her lyrics so, as we are wont to do here, we decided to rank our favorite lyrics from her songs. Here are our 18 favorite lyrics of hers:

18) “All work and no play / Keeps me on the new shit, yeah”—Still Sane

(Tim’s rank: 17/John’s rank: 18/Josh’s rank: 18)

17) “Let me in the ring, I’ll show you what that big word means”—Glory and Gore

(Tim: 16/John: 15/Josh: 17)

16) “But this is summer, playing dumber than fall”—Still Sane

(11/19/16)

15) “In all chaos there is calculation” —Glory and Gore

(10/16/15)

14) “I won’t be smiling but the notes from my admirers fill the dashboard just the same”—White Teeth Teens

(15/7/14)

T12) “And you can watch from your window”—Tennis Court

(18/14/2)

T12) “I’m sitting pretty on the throne / There’s nothing more I want, except to be alone”—The Love Club